OMG...I so know the crazy in that dog's eyes. I teach second grade and when someone brings in cupcakes with little spiderman ring flotsoms on them and places them on the classroom counter until lunch, that is what I see all during reading group. It seems no one gives a darn if Officer Buckle ever finds out Gloria is acting out his saftey lessons behind him on those days. This clip is just too funny.

my husband and i laughed hysterically when we saw this on the soup. like, laughing so hard you eventually go silent and are shaking all over and crying at the same time. too good. thanks for the reminder :D love the blog! viva wrex!

I've seen Border Collies do that with their eyes, apparently in an attempt to hypnotise sheep into being corralled. Perhaps the dog is trying to convince the flock of cupcakes to go somewhere safe from the mean old lady.

Zoltar -- no, actually it's not cruel. It was a great training session, and you have to watch the whole thing to see how she progressed from simple situations to this more difficult one. And yes, he was rewarded for controlling himself and not grabbing a cupcake. :)

"I feel bad for that dog, it's cruel to stuff foodstuffs in his face then say "NO!" "

It's actually the best way to teach him to not lunge for things that are really tasty but may not be good for him -- like anti-freeze or prescription pills.

Don't worry, the dog is always rewarded for leaving a jackpot like that! I do similar things to my puppy students, but I'll use dried meat instead of cupcakes. "Away" (also known as "Leave It") is one of the most important things for a dog to know, and is one of the commands most likely to save the dogs life someday, along with "Come".

OMG!! Hilarious! We have an Australian Shepherd with blue eyes and she looks possessed like that sometimes...although we don't stick cupcakes in her nose! And we say "leave it" instead of "away", but same idea. Thanks for sharing...love it!

HAH! Growing up around cowdogs of a variety of breeds, I know that look. Whoever is complaining about Victoria being mean dosen't know much about dog training. Stains would have indeed been rewarded with something better than cupcakes, (in his mind, anyway, I don't think there is ANYTHING better than cupcakes)and he learns not to eat people food that is potentially harmful (Think for instance, if those cupcakes had chocolate frosting).

And this: "I teach second grade and when someone brings in cupcakes with little spiderman ring flotsoms on them and places them on the classroom counter until lunch, that is what I see all during reading group." made me literally LOL

That clip may have been shown on TS, but it's from Mike & Juliette. Since Spaghetti Cat appeared on their show in a "Pet Trick" contest, his photo has been popping up every now and then since. You never know when he'll show up!

this was too funny for me.. hahaha i sent the link to my sister because the other day she made cupcakes. She had 6 of them and left them on the counter to cool down. She went to the bathroom and when she returned.. they were GONE!! her dog Max had eaten them all! bahahaha:D

(Yes, I know this comment is very late -- can you tell I'm surfing the archives?)

This remindes me of something that happened when I was little. My mum was making cupcakes for a school party and ran out of an ingredient after the first batch. She left the ones already done to cool on the counter and ran to the store. Meanwhile, I had gone to bed. I got woken up out of a sound sleep by my father yelling at me for eating all the cupcakes. Mom didn't believe it was me, though; there was no paper left from the cups in the trash or anything, and how could a seven-year-old eat a dozen cupcakes anyway? To prove it, when she finished the next batch, she offered one to the dog, and Shadow ate it -- paper and all.(Dad insists that he was just kidding about me eating them. Yes, so you woke me up by screaming at me at 11 PM on a school night .... XD)

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